Nice work if you can get it
Wish I lived there -- must be nice to be paid to screw off and collect union wages and benefits.
From the Michigan
Mackinac Center for Public Policy:
No Horses, But Detroit Water Department Employs 'Horseshoer'
Despite having no horses, the water and sewerage department for the city of Detroit employs a horseshoer.
Yet even with a department so bloated that it has a horseshoer and no horses, the local union president said it is "not possible" to eliminate positions.
Union rules have turned the department into a government jobs program, some critics say.
The horseshoer�s job description is "to shoe horses and to do general blacksmith work � and to perform related work as required." The description was last updated in 1967.
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) has a large debt, rising water prices and inefficient services � using almost twice the number of employees per gallon as other cities like Chicago.
Sigh -- someone out there is getting $30K plus $30K benefits to hang out and pound iron on taxpayer money.
I can see having someone on call for this -- full time? No.
Posted by DaveH at August 20, 2012 10:35 PM